Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Hatfields escape WV jail, head west

Cap Hatfield’s reason for stopping at Gunnison had nothing to do with gold fever or a personal desire for wealth.

Cap Hatfield and his younger brothers escaped the law, a local WV posse, and possibly a hangman’s noose and headed west.

By 1913, word of the impending dam & displacements had spread. With progress encroaching, they uprooted their lives & moved from Fonta Flora.

This book peels back the persona that Granny Dollar carefully constructed and protected to expose her true identity.

The tale of the sinking of the Favorite, the grand old lady of the Sandy, a steamboat that had plied Big Sandy River’s waters for 30 years.